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1 October
5:36 pm

We have a thirty eight thousand unit deficit today with an eighty thousand unit pending.

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Bobby Charles, at Maine Governor General Election Debate (NEWS CENTER Maine)

5:36 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific figures about Maine's housing deficit (38,000 units current, 80,000 units pending) that are central to his housing policy argument and could be verified against housing data.
What we foundThe 38,000-unit current deficit is substantively accurate (the official figure is 38,500), but the '80,000 unit pending' characterisation understates the more authoritative figure of up to 84,300 total units needed by 2030, while conflating the combined total with only the future-need portion.
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